2.8: Chronology
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The following chronology is a list of important dates and events associated with this chapter.
Date | Event |
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642-800 | Muslim conquest of Egypt and North Africa |
650-1500 | Slave trade from sub-Saharan Africa to Mediterranean |
900-1100 | Kingdom of Ghana created and flourished |
1100-1400 | Great Zimbabwe built and flourished |
1154 | Henry II became King of England, launching the Angevin dynasty |
1180 | Phillip II became the King of France and then expanded Capetian control over the continent |
1194 | Phillip II of France and Richard I of England began a war over Normandy |
1215 | King John of England accepted the Magna Carta |
1250 | End of Portuguese Reconquista |
1300 | Kilwa becomes the most power city state in East Africa |
1312-1337 | Reign of Mansa Musa in Mali |
1324-1325 | Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca |
1337 | Hundred Years’ War between England and France broke out |
1348 | The Black Death (the Plague) spread across Europe |
1369 | Chinese defeated the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty |
1405-1433 | Zheng He’s seven voyages into the Indian Ocean region |
1453 | Wars of the Roses began in England |
1485 | Henry VII became King of England, ending the Wars of the Roses and launching the Tudor dynasty |
1487 | Bartlolmieu Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope |
1492 | Columbus began his first voyage; Spanish Reconquista ended; Muslims and Jew expelled from Spain |
1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas signed |
c. 1500 | The travels of Leo Africanus |
1510 | Leo Africanus reached Great Zimbabwe |
1511 | Portuguese conquest of Strait of Malacca |
1516 | Francis I of France and Pope Leo X signed the Concordat of Bologna |
1517 | Martin Luther launched a protest against the Roman Catholic Church which led to the Protestant Reformation |
1525 | Magellan's fleet returned after successfully circumnavigating the globe |
1527 | Henry VIII, seeking to divorce Catherine of Aragon, touched off the Protestant Reformation in England |
1529 | Tready of Zaragoza signed |
1558 | Elizabeth I became the Queen of England |
1572 | Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre led to the War of the Three Henrys |
1598 | Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted the Huguenots the liberty of conscience and the liberty of worship |